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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
EDITED BY
B. CAPPS, Ph.D., LL.D. T. E. PAGE, Litt.D. W. H. D. ROUSE, Litt.D.
AUSONIUS
II
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CONTENTS
PAOK
BOOK XVIII. — THE EPISTLES 3
BOOK XIX. — EPIQBAMS OF AUSONIUS ON YAKIOUS
MATTERS 155
BOOK XX. — THE THANKSOIVINO OF AUSONIUS OF BOB-
DEAUX, THE VASATE, FOR HIS CONSULSHIP,
ADDRESSED TO THE EMPEROR ORATIAN 219
APPENDIX TO AUSONIUS 271
THE EUCHARI8TICUS OF PAULINUS PELL^US 293
INDEX 363
t
AUSONIUS
OPUSCULA
vol.. II. ■
THE EPISTLES
although he suffers the Pierian sisters to swerve
from the line, he himself never twists a furrow.
You also must not regret your plighted bond ; come
quickly now by river or by road, either where Ga-
ronne^ swelled with the flood-tide of the billowy
deep^ challenges the main^ or where the beaten
gravel of the relaid road leads to the garrison of
Blaye. For in the first days after holy Easter I
long to visit my estate.
^^ For I am weary at the sight of throngs of people,
the vulgar brawls at the cross-roads, the narrow lanes
a-swarm^ and the broadways belying their name ^ for
the rabble herded' there. Confused Echo resounds
withababel of cries: '^Hold!"— "Strike!"— "Lead!"
— " Give ! " — " Look out ! " Here is a mucky sow in
flighty there a mad dog in fell career,* there oxen
too weak for the waggon. No use to steal into the
inner chamber and the recesses of your home : the
cries penetrate through the house.^ These, and what
else can shock the orderly, force me to leave the
walled city and seek again the sweet peace of the
retired country and the delights of trifling seriously ;'
and there you may arrange your own hours and have
the right to do nothing or else what you will. If
you haste after these joys, come quickly with all the
wares of your Camenae : * dactyls, elegiacs, choriam-
bics, lyrics, comedy and tragedy — pack them all in
' Lucr. de Rerum Nat. i. 3«54 : inter saepta meant voces et
clansa domorum Transvolitant.
' Horace, Od, iv. xii. 21 : ad quae si properas gaudia cum
tiia velox merce veni.
c 2
AUSONIUS
gratia prima tibi^ tibi gloria debita cedit^ 145
cuius praeceptis partum est, quod Christus amaret.
Quare gratandum magis est tibi, quam queritandum,
quod tuus ille, tuis studiis et moribus ortus^
Paulinus, cui te non infitiare parentem,
nee modo, cum credis perversum, sic mea verti 150
consilia, ut sim promeritus Christi fore, dum sum
Ausonii. feret ille tuae sua praemia laudi
deque tua primum tibi deferet arbore fructum.
Unde, precor, meliora putes nee maxima perdas
praemia detestando tuis bona fontibus orta. 155
non etenim mihi mens vaga, sed neque participantum
vita fugax hominum, Lyciae qua scribis in antris
Pegaseum vixisse equitem, licet avia multi
numine agente colant, clan velut ante sophorum
pro studiis musisque suis : ut nunc quoque, castis 1 60
qui Christum sumpsere animis, agitare frequentant,
non inopes animi neque de feritate legentes
desertis habitare locis ; sed in ardua versi
sidera spectantesque deum verique profunda
perspicere intenti de vanis libera curis 165
otia amant strepitumque fori rerumque tumultus
cunctaque divinis inimica negotia donis,
et Christi imperiis et amore salutis, abhorrent
speque fideque deum sponsa mercede sequuntur,
quam referet certus non desperantibus auctor, 170
si modo non vincant vacuis praesentia rebus,
1 cp, EpUt. xxix. 70 ff.
AUSONIUS
quaeque videt spemat, quae non videt ut mcreatur
secreta ignitus penetrans caelestia sensus.
namque caduca patent nostris, aetema negantur
visibus ; et nunc spe sequimur^ quod mente videmus, 175
spementes varias^ rerum spectacula^ formas
et male corporeos bona sollicitantia visus.
attamen haec sedisse illis sententia visa est^
tota quibus iam lux patuit verique bonique^
venturi aetemum saecli et praesentis inane. 180
At mihi^ non eadem cui gloria^ cur eadem sit
fama ? fides voti par est^ sed amoena colenti^
nunc etiam et blanda posito locupletis in acta
litoris^ unde haec iam tam festinata locorum
invidia est ? utinam iustus me carpere livor 185
incipiat : Christi sub nomine probra placebunt.
non patitur tenerum mens numine firma pudorem^
et laus hie contempta redit mihi iudice Christo.
Ne me igitur^ venerande parens, his ut male versum
increpites studiis neque me vel coniuge carpas 190
vel mentis vitio : non anxia Bellerophontis
mens est nee Tanaquil mihi, sed Lucre tia coniunic.
nee mihi nunc patrii est, ut visa, oblivio caeli,
qui summum suspecto patrem, quem qui colit unum^
hie vere memor est caeli. crede ergo, pater, nos 195
nee caeli inmemores nee vivere mentis egentes,
humanisque agitare locis. studia ipsa piorum
^ There is an inept play on the two-fold meaning of codum
= heavens (clime) and Heaven.
136
AUSONIUS
testantur mores hominum ; nee enim impia summum
gens poterit novisse deum : sint multa locorum^
multa hominum studiis inculta, expertia legura, 200
quae regio agresti ritu caret ? aut quid in istis
improbitas aliena nocet ? quod tu mihi vastos
Vasconiae saltus et ninguida Pyrenaei
obicis hospitia^ in primo quasi limine fixus
Hispanae regionis agam nee sit locus usquam 205
rure vel urbe mihi, summum qua dives in orbem
usque patet mersos spectans Hispania soles.
sed fuerit fortuna iugis habitasse latronum^
num lare barbarico rigui mutatus in ipsos^
inter quos habui, socia feritate colonos ? 210
non recipit mens pura malum neque levibus haereiit
inspersae fibris maculae : si Vascone saltu
quisquis agit purus sceleris vitam, integer aeque
nulla ab inhumano morum contagia ducit
hospite. sed mihi cur sit ab illo nomine crimen^ 215
qui di versa colo, ut colui, loca iuncta superbis
urbibus et laetis hominum celeberrima cultis ?
ac si Vasconicis mihi vita fuisset in oris,
cur non more meo potius formata ferinos
poneret, in nostros migrans, gens barbara ritus ? 220
Nam quod in eversis habitacula ponis Hibera
urbibus et deserta tuo legis oppida versu
montanamque mihi Calagorrim et Birbilim acutis
pendentem scopulis collemque iacentis Hilerdae
^ I.e. if they are just as wicked i^ others, that is no special
objection against them.
138
THE EPISTLES
official robe grows shabby in some mouldering shrine ;
whereas in fact it hangs in the renowned city of
Roman Quirinus along with the imperial palm-
broidered robes, trophies of like distinction, there
gleaming, long venerable, with un frayed gold, keep-
ing fresh the glorious bloom of thy deathless achieve-
ment ? Or when thou art lodged under the roof ot
Lucanus,^ thy country house, inhabiting a pile vying
with the halls of Rome, shall we take the pretext
afforded by the place which gives its name to the
vicinity, saying thou dwellest in the hamlet of
Condate ^ ?
-^® Let much admit of jests, let sportive fiction
also be allowed ; but with a smooth tongue to strike
against an aching tooth, to sport with stinging
compliments, and to season jests ill-relished with the
vinegar of tart satire, oft befits a poet, never a father.
For loyalty and natural affection demand that what
slander-spinning Rumour instils into guileless ears,
that the good-hoping mind of a father should not
suffer to take hold and gain firm lodgment in the
heart. Even the common herd, malignant in its
brutal sneers towards habits formerly observed, does
not always hold it crime to alter one's life : for to
alter wisely is accounted praise. When thou hearest
I am changed, ask what is my pursuit and my
business. If 'tis a change from right to wrong, from
godliness to wickedness, from temperance to luxury,
from honour to baseness, if I live slothful, sluggish,
ignoble, take pity on a comrade strayed into evil ;
a gentle father well may be stirred with anger to
restore a fallen friend to right living and by stern
reproof to bring him back to better things.
^ Cognac, near Saintes.
143
AUSONIUS
At si forte itidem, quod legi et quod sequor^ audis,
corda pio vovisse deo venerabile Christi
imperium docili pro credulitate sequentem^ 280
persuasumque del monitis aeterna parari
praemia mortal! damnis praesentibus empta^
non reor id sancto sic displicuisse parenti,
mentis ut errorem credat sic vivere Christo,
ut Christus sanxit. iuvat hoc nee paenitet huius 285
erroris. stultus diversa sequentibus esse
nil moror^ aetemo mea dum sententia regi
sit sapiens, breve, quidquid homo est, homo corporis
aegri,
temporis occidui et sine Christo pulvis et umbra :
quod probat aut damnat tanti est, quanti arbiter ipse.
ipse obit atque illi suus est comitabilis error 291
cumque suo moriens sententia iudice transit.
Et nisi, dum tempus praesens datur, anxia nobis
cura sit ad domini praeceptum vivere Christi,
sera erit exutis homini querimonia membris, 295
dum levia humanae metuit convicia linguae,
non timuisse graves divini iudicis iras ;
quem patris aeterni solio dextraque sedentemj
omnibus impositum regem et labentibus annis
venturum, ut cunctas aequato examine gentes 300
iudicet et variis referat sua praemia gestis,
credo equidem et metuens studio properante laboro,
si qua datur, ne morte prius quam crimine solvar.
Huius in adventum trepidis mihi credula fibris
144
AUSONIUS
rarus in obscura generatur sphondylus alga,
hinc te participans bis quinque et bis tibi ternas
transmisi aequoreo redolentes nectare testas^
quas viscus praedulce replet bicolore medulla. 10
Oro libens sumas^ nee vilia dedigneris^
quae sunt parva modum magno metitus amore.
XXXV. — Fragmenta Epistularum
1 Redite sursum flumina !
2 investigatum ferre dolo leporem.
3 quae tantae tenuere morae rumore sub orani ?
152
THE EPISTLES
the rocky shallows only a few shell-fish are bred
among the dark seaweed. Of these I give thee a
share sending across to thee twice five and twice
three shells smelling of the sea's fragrance, filled with
delicious meat and substance of double hue.
^' I pray thee accept them gracefully and despise
them not as little worth : if they are few, use great
love in measuring their quantity.
XXXV. — Fragments of Epistles ^
1 Ye rivers, backwards return !
2 To carry off a hare tracked down by craft.
3 What things have kept thee lingering so long,
while Rumour is rife ?
^ These three citations from epistles no longer extant
are preserved by an anonymous grammarian of the seventh
century.
153
AUSONIUS
II. EXHORTATIO AD MoDESTIAM
Fama est fictilibus cenasse Agathoclea regem
atque abacum Samio saepe onerasse luto^
fercula gemmatis cum poneret horrida ^ vasis
et misceret opes pauperiemque simul.
quaerenti causam respondit : " Rex ego qui sum
Sicaniae^ figulo sum genitore satus."
fortunam reverenter habe^ quicumque repente
dives ab exili progrediere loco.
III. — In Eumpinam^ Adulteram
Toxica zelotypo dedit uxor moecha marito^
nee satis ad mortem credidit esse datum,
miscuit argenti letalia pondera vivi,
cogeret ut celerem vis geminata necem.
dividat haec si quis^ faciunt discreta venenum ; 5
antidotum sumet, qui sociata bibet.
ergo inter sese dum noxia pocula certant,
cessit letalis noxa salutiferae.
protinus et vacuos alvi petiere recessus,
lubrica deiectis qua via nota cibis. 10
quam pia cura deum ! prodest crudelior uxor :
et, cum fata volunt, bina venena iuvant.
IV. — In Eunomum Medicum
Lanouentem Gaium moriturum dixerat olim
Eunomus. evasit fati ope, non medici.
^ So r : aurea, Z.
' So VZ\ Euripulam ? ( = Euripylam), Peiper : Euripinam ?,
SchenH.
156
AUSONIUS
paulo post ipsum videt^ aut vidisse putavit^
pallentem et multa mortis in effigie.
^* Quis tu ? " " Gaius," ait. '^ Vivisne ? " hie abnuit. 5
" Et quid
nunc agis hie ? " " Missu Ditis, ait, venio,
ut, quia notitiam rerumque hominumque tenerem,
aeeirera medieos." Eunomus obriguit.
turn Gaius : " Metuas nihil, Eunome. dixi ego et
omnes,
nullum, qui saperet, dicere te medieum." 10
V. — In Hominem Vocis absonae
Latratus catulorum, hinnitus fingis equorum,
eaprigenumque pecus lanigerosque greges
balatu adsimulas ; asinos quoque rudere dicas,
cum vis Arcadicum fingere, Marce, pecus.
gallorum cantus et ovantes gutture corvos 5
et quidquid vocum belua et ales habet,
omnia cum simules ita vere, ut ficta negentur,
non potes humanae vocis habere sonum.
VI. — De Auxilio Grammatico
Em EN data potest quaenam vox esse magistri,
nomen qui proprium cum vitio loquitur ?
auxilium te nempe vocas, inscite magister ?
da rectum casum : iam solicismus eris.
^ i.e. asses.
iS8
EPIGRAMS OX VARIOUS MATTERS
CVIII.— The Same
" This is Silvius ' Good/ " '^ Who is Silvius ? " " He
is a Briton." " Either this Silvius is no Briton, or he
is Silvius ^ Bad.' *'
CIX. — The Same
Silvius is called Good and called a Briton : who
would believe a good citizen had sunk so low }
ex. — The Same
No good man is a Briton. If he should begin to
be plain Silvius, let the plain man cease to be good.
CXI. — The Same
This is Silvius Good, but the same Silvius is a Briton:
a plainer thing — believe me — is a bad Briton.
CXII. — The Same
Thou Silvius art Good, a Briton : yet 'tis said thou
art no good man, nor can a Briton link himself with
Good.
217
AtlSONflUS
et vice populeae frondis tremis, et vice lunae
puniceam maculant lutea signa cutem.
amplexus etiam nostros pudibunda recusas
et^ si testis adest^ oscula sueta fugis.
CoNsuETUDo oculis nil sinit esse novum.
290
APPENDIX TO AUSONIUS
thine is innocent of guilt. Now like a poplar-leaf
thou tremblest^ now like the moon pale marks dapple
thy rosy cheeks. Shamefast^ thou dost shun even
my embrace^ and if a witness is at hand^ thou fleest
my wonted kisses.
Custom suffers naught to be strange to the eye.
291
u 2
PAULINUS PELLiEUS
THE EUCHARISTICUS
THE EUCHARISTICUS
of thee, and seek to win thy promise of salvation,
may not too greatly dread the hour of death — now
nearer by reason of my advanced age, though every
season of life is subject to him. And at the crisis of
my changeful life may no idle chances — for these, I
trust, may be avoided under thy leadership, O God
— distress me with misdoubtful fears ; but whatever
lot awaits me at my end let hope of beholding thee,
O Christ, assuage it, and let all fearful doubts be
dispelled by the sure confidence that alike while I
am in this mortal body I am thine, since all is
thine, and that when released from it I shall be in
some part of thy body.
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